A visitor to my backyard today. 19/06/2019
Kookaburras are the largest of the Kingfishers.
They mate for life and breed from Sep to Jan.
They can lay up to 4 eggs. When a Kookaburra "Laughs" it is staking it's territory to let other Kooks know not to encroach. Kookaburras diet consists of snakes, lizards, rodents and the odd small bird, but they live primarily on different insects and invertebrates. Their method of hunting is to perch and pounce. This technique is consistent in all kingfisher species. They spot their prey and fixate on it before fluttering down to seize it in their bill, and flying back to a tree branch to eat their catch. Kookaburras are famous for their early morning and evening songs. The call sometimes described as a ‘cackle’ is used as a territorial marker and is renowned as Australia’s quintessential bush anthem.